Ballarat

[ bal-uh-rat, bal-uh-rat ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Ballarat

/ ˌbæləˈræt; ˈbæləˌræt /

See Eureka Stockade
a town in SE Australia, in S central Victoria: originally the centre of a gold-mining region. Pop: 72 999 (2001) See also Eureka Stockade

If you’ve got time, check out the spooky Ballarat ghost town, a short drive away.

Men live through more in five minutes on that crest than they do in five years of Bendigo or Ballarat.

I was particularly interested in the mines, and went to Ballarat to see how the British managed these things.

Ballarat was about one hundred miles distant, and a posse started in pursuit.

In '54 the miners in the fields of Ballarat and Bendigo were in a state of intense ferment.

Ballarat is a well-built city, containing about 40,000 inhabitants.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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